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Sunday's News 'n Notes: Scoreboard; Russell Henley struggles; Alumni: Mary Persons; Macon Touchdown Club; Braves, United win; UGA; MLB, NFL, NASCAR, more

Central Georgia Sports ReportComment
Sunday's News 'n Notes: Scoreboard; Russell Henley struggles; Alumni: Mary Persons; Macon Touchdown Club; Braves, United win; UGA; MLB, NFL, NASCAR, more

Sunday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media. Updates will be noted, so check back.

 

In Coverage: A disappointingly familiar Sunday for Russell Henley

  

Scoreboard
Pro
MLB
Atlanta 6, Washington 5
MLS
Atlanta 1, LAFC 0

 

Honor Roll/Alumni Update

Mary Personsā€™ Middleton take UNC softball team honor

  

Around/About Central Georgia

Macon Touchdown Club preps for another year

          A few new faces will join many familiar ones when the Macon Touchdown Club gets going for 2021.

          Former Georgia and NFL punter Drew Butler starts the season on Sept. 13, followed by Kennesaw State head coach Brian Bohannon.

          Georgia State athletics director Charlie Cobb, a member of the College Football Playoff committee, visits on Sept. 27, with Maconite Chris Hatcher of Samford a week later.

          Dari Nowkah of ESPN/SEC Network precedes Georgia Southernā€™s Chad Lunsford on Oct. 11, with new South Carolina head coach Shane Beamer coming on Oct. 25.

          Mercerā€™s Drew Cronic starts off the next month on Nov. 1, with Georgia Tech assistant and former running back standout Tashard Choice on Nov. 8.

          Terry Harvin, a former Georgia Southern punter and current member of the teamā€™s radio network, speaks on Nov. 15, with ex-Brave and Falcon Brian Jordan on Nov. 22, and J. Scott Moore of ā€œI talk SECā€ on Nov. 29.

          Georgia head coach Kirby Smart returns for the jamboree in early 2022.

          The club gathers at the Metehodist Home for Children at 304 Pierce Ave., with the program starting at 6:30 with dinner. Dues for the season are $250, with weekly guest fees of $30.

         

Around/About Georgia/Southeast

Bombs from Freeman, Riley and Swanson, and Atlantaā€™s alone in first